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'It is the biggest thing there is,' Trump renames AI 'super intelligence'
Trump has been pushing to rebrand AI in recent weeks. He initially floated several new names for the technology before s…
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N.Y. Sen. Gillibrand says new allegations in Cornell case are 'serious and horrific'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about the reopening of the rape case at Cornell Universi…
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Smith fields GOP insults, questions on lawmaker subpoenas at fiery Senate hearing: 5 takeaways
Former special counsel Jack Smith fielded insults from Republicans and questions about his prosecutorial decisions on Tu…
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GAO reasserts pocket rescissions' illegality after Trump uses tactic to cancel nearly $1B
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reasserted on Tuesday that President Trump’s use of a “pocket rescission…
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A crisis that goes far beyond Cornell
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news…
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Utah death-row prisoner released after new DNA analysis of 1985 killing
Douglas Carter, 71, who has spent more than four decades on death row, released on bail until new trial beginsA Utah man…
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Klobuchar on Schmitt: Glad one of us knows difference between Hawks, Hawkeyes
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) mocked GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo.) for appearing to confuse the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s baske…
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Supreme Court lifts limits on Trump's third-country deportations
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration can resume its policy of deporting immigrants to countries w…
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What China wants from AI
The national conversation about AI in the US is full of fear: fear about AI’s potential to end humanity, fear of data ce…
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US supreme court allows Trump officials to resume deportations to third countries
Conservative majority temporarily lifts lower-court decision as liberal justices dissent from rulingThe Trump administra…
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Hegseth freezes hiring of civilian tenured faculty at US military academies
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed departments on Tuesday to halt appointments of civilian staff to tenured positio…
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Trump to sign order renaming AI as 'superintelligence'
President Trump plans to sign an order Tuesday officially renaming AI as “superintelligence.” “We're going to be signing…
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‘You make me want to throw up’: Republicans attack ex-special counsel Jack Smith at Senate hearing
GOP senators lash out on Smith, who led criminal cases against Trump, with invective and inaccurate informationFormer sp…
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Chuck Todd: Hawks, Hawkeyes gaffe 'just an embarrassing moment for GOP Sen. Schmitt'
Former "Meet the Press" moderator and political pundit Chuck Todd mocked Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) over an apparent mix-…
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Rubio: New US site lets Americans apply online for passport
President Trump’s new artificial intelligence website allows for Americans to apply for passports online, Secretary of S…
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Democratic appropriators accuse White House of using CBP funds for Trump political ads
Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee accused the White House of using Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fun…
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Former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem files for divorce, court docs show
Court documents show the filing happened earlier this year.…
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Key data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report finds
Over half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry workedIn…
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What Congress can do about AI safety — with China — now
Rep. Sam Liccardo urged Congress to address AI safety concerns by passing legislation such as the bipartisan Frontier Ac…
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Live updates: Jack Smith faces Senate GOP scrutiny; Trump unveils federal AI tool
Former special counsel Jack Smith spent over four hours testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, his…
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Trump’s Global Tariffs Are Likely to Fail in Court (Again)
Despite having a better legal foundation than past attempts, these duties may also be struck down.…
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CDC updates measles count, now includes two deaths
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its national measles tally late Monday to include an additi…
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A better path forward for Head Start
Assistant Secretary Alex J. Adams argues that Head Start must pivot toward local operational flexibility to reverse decl…